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  • scavillion jack
    [cf. DJE cavally jack idem + hypercorrection] n. the jackfish, Caranx hippos. (White)
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  • scarlet plum, sky-lip plum, scatter plum
    [from color] n. a tree, Spondias purpurea, or its fruit: 1946 scarlet plum (Morton 81). = SWEET PLUM (Gen.)
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  • scarlet
    /skyáhlit/ [etym?] n. a kind of pineapple with large eyes: 1975 Jamaica, Cuba, Florida and Hawaii all went into pineapple growing and
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  • scantling
    [cf. W Car. scandlin' board; OED, technical or nautical only] n. a piece of wood: I take two piece or three of
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  • scank, skank
    [cf. DJE II skengay a kind of Jamai­can music; skank idem (Mais xviii); cf. DIE II ska sound of a guitar which
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  • scalipee
    [from calipee + hypercorrection] n. the fatty substance found inside the lower shell of a turtle. (Black)
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  • scale-fish
    [OED, n. fish with scales] v. to go fish­ing for fish with scales: 1966 (Otterbein 28). (Gen.)
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  • scaff, scarf
    /ska(h)f/ [cf. Scots scarf to envelop obs. EDD] n. turtle shell. (Long, Andros)
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  • Sayles Island
    /seylz/ [after Captain William Sayle, leader of an early group of settlers] n. an early name for the island of
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  • say what?
    [cf. US Black idem 'Is that true?' (Grove)] phr. What did you say? (Black)
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